Duplex stocking-supporter.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. HUDSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE I. B. KLEINERTRUBBER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

DUPLEX STOCKlNG-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,559, dated May 21,1901.

Application filed November 24, 1899. Serial No. 738,179. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: ing parts or devices are connected to it, ifde- Be it known that 1, JAMES A. HUDSON, a sired, be covered with anysuitable fabric. citizen of the United States, and a resident of Anexamination of the accompanying draw- New York, in the county of NewYork and ings and following description ofthe same will State of NewYork, have invented certain new fully reveal the nature and constructionof and useful Improvementsin Duplex Stockingthis invention.

Supporters, of which the following is a speci- Figure 1 shows myimproved connection defication. vice for duplex stocking-supportersapplied This invention relates to garment-supportto a corset. Fig. 2 isa-detached perspective IO ers; and it consists of a supportingconnecview of the metal garment-supporting contion device adapted foruse in a duplex stocknection device. Fig. 3 illustrates themaning-supporter and constructed for attachment nor in which the devicemay be attached to to the clasp of a corset. the loop or eye ofacorset-clasp after the parts The garment-supporting connection deviceof the clasp are hooked together. Fig. 4 is a 15 shown in thisapplication is provided at its front view of the device, showing a formof upper part with a book so formed as to be the same when made of sheetmetal; and Fig. applied to, by hooking into, the loop or eye 5 is a sideview of Fig. 2, showing also the of a corset-clasp either before saidloop or loop or eye of a corset-clasp in section. eye is placed over itscooperating stud or af- In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5 the connection device 20ter the corset has been applied to the person. or suspension-piece a isshown formed of wire, The hook of the device is provided with an itsupper part being doubled and bent into upwardlyextending tongue or limbarranged hook form I), the downwardly projecting to lie behind the loopor eye in such manner tongue or limb c of which performs the holdas toprevent the hook becoming disengaged ing function of ordinary hooks, andthe up- 25 from the loop or eye when the garment-supwardly projectingextension or retention porter is in normal operative position, thetongue or limb d is formed in line with the whole being so formed as toprovide for its part c and so lies back of the loop or eye of readyapplication to and detachment from the the clasp of the corset h, whenthe device is corset. in position thereon, that its upper end bears 30The supporting connection device or susagainst theback side of the loop,and so prepension-piece, including the hook at its upvents accidentaldisplacement of the hook. per end, is made of a single piece ofmaterial, The parts are so proportioned that should the with its lowerpart of sufficient width to overdevice by the rubbing of the clothesthereon lap the lower ends of the two sides of the coror otherwise beraised up the retention-tongue 35 set-fastener, thus acting thereon tohold this d will slide up against the back of the loopf part of thecorset down and against the body to the limit of such movement and thepoint of the wearer when the device is in operative or end of the limb awill still be behind the position, and so also acts as a lock to preventloop. To remove the hook I) from the loopf the accidental unclasping ofthe corset-clasp. with the corset-clasp closed, it is necessary to 0This suspension-piece thus formed, while it swing the connecting devicea into an angumay be made light and strong, is a rigid nonlar position,as shown at Fig. 3, so that the yielding frame that will maintain itsshape end of the limb 0 maybe moved out of the and always lie snuglyagainst the corset. Its elongated opening of the loopf alongside oflower part isformed to receive the upper ends the stud g of thecorset-clasp. This also illus- 45 of the elastics or tapes of a pair ofstockingtrates how the device may be applied in opsupporters which arepermanently secured erative position after the corset is fastened onthereto. 7 the person, It will of course be readily un- Thisgarment-supporting connection device derstood that this retention-hookdevice can may be made of wire or sheet metal suitably readily becaughtin the loop f before the clasp 50 formed into shape and may afterthe attendis closed by passing it horizontally through the loop and thatwhen in the loop it in no wise interferes with the loop being .placedover the stud g. p v

The sides of the piece of wire a are bent outwardlyand downwardly andthen inwardly to form the bars 6 e for the attachment thereto of theWehhingsjj of the stocking-support ers, the ends of the wires'heing thenbrought together, forming a central brace, and bent or folded around thesides, thus constituting a light, strong, and rigidframe, with thesuspension-hook at its upper central part. The suspension-hook by itsconnection with the, loop f of the corset-clasp provides one swingingpoint of suspension for the rigid frame, by which it accommodates itselfto all move-' ments of the wearerand equalizes the strains on the twostocking-supporters.

In making the rigid-frame suspension-piece of sheet metal it may partakeof the form shown at Fig. 4, having a neck at its upper centralpartshaped and bent to form the downwardly-projecting part Z of the hookand the with any other form of book or catch than that shown at itsupper part for attachment toi thefastener of a corset, and comprisingin; one piece of metal such fastening hook or; catch; and the bars orloops at its lower edge: for the attachment thereto of the webbings orhands of stockings or other garment-sup-g porters result in a rigidframe and produce a; strong and unyielding connection between in Fig. 1of the drawings, over and pressing against the lower parts of the twosides of the corset-fastener.

A-covering of fabric or other suitable material, as shown at t', maybeapplied tothi's supporting connection device in whatever form it may bemade.

I claim as my invention- 1. In astocking-snpporter, in combination, arigid frame provided at its upper part with a hook, which comprises adownwardly-projecting limb and an upward extension thereof, said hookbeing adapted to engage with the loop of a corset-fastener, the upwardextension lying behind "the loop to prevent the accidental disengagementof the hook therefrom; and a pair of stocking-supporters connected tothe rigid frame.

2. A stocking-supporter,comprising a front member or part adapted to lieagainst the lower part of the front of thecorset, a pair ofstocking-supporters depending by their elastics or tapes from-the bottomor lower part of said member, anda hook extending upwardly andrearwardly from the central upper part of the'front memberor part,consisting of a downwardly-projecting limb and an'upward extension, saidhook being adapted to engage with the loop of a corset-fastener, theupward extension lying behind the upper part of the loop to prevent theaccidental disengagement of the hook from the loop. Signed at New York,in the county of New York and State of New York, this 11th day ofNovember, A. D. 1899.

JAMES A. HUDSON. Witnesses:

JAs. L. BARGER, WILLIAM J. BYRNE.

